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“Since we began our professional relationship, we have had a lot of success,” he said. “In addition, we are wonderful friends. Mrs. Nicoll is a very good owner.
“It is rare that I run a horse both spring and fall — he has to be pretty special to do that — and Mrs. Nicoll is one who understands that when you don’t have the huge numbers of horses, you take care of what you’ve got,” Yovanovich added.
The 1989 champion in his first season of point-to-pointing over timber, Friendly Retreat placed first at Rappahannock, Blue Ridge, Piedmont and in the Eustis Cup at Loudoun before running second in the Virginia Gold Cup. Minor tendon ills kept him from the races in 1990 and ’91.
The gelding started just once in 1992, winning at Casanova, before recurring soundness troubles sidelined him again. He came out running this spring, however, refreshed and ready to
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